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Kelowna man suing after being electrocuted in prison
A Kelowna man who was arrested for unlawfully confining a woman is suing the BC…
More jail time for Shuswap man involved in armed robbery
Last September, Ryan Adam Charron spent hours holed up in a Salmon Arm house while…
Vernon man who assaulted prison guards suing after months in solitary confinement
A Vernon man who has been convicted of assaulting three prison guards is taking legal…
Violent Shuswap home invasion suspect suing for ’emotional trauma’ suffered in prison
KAMLOOPS – A man accused of committing a violent home invasion where a terminally ill…
Okanagan prolific offender to spend another 33 days behind bars
KELOWNA – A prolific offender will spend another 33 days in prison before he returns…
Two years or time served: Kelowna prolific offender says he’s moving on from criminal past
KELOWNA – A prolific offender will have to wait until next week to find out…
B.C. farmer sentenced to 2 years in prison for plotting attack
KELOWNA – West Kelowna farmer Brante Farrell was sentenced to two years less a day…
Trial begins for man accused of killing fellow inmate in Kamloops prison cell
KAMLOOPS — A man accused of killing his fellow inmate inside a Kamloops prison cell…
Nine months for Salmon Arm man involved in “roof surfing” accident that killed friend
VERNON – A man who pled guilty in a car "roof surfing" accident that killed…
Kelowna-based gangster sentenced to over five years in prison
KELOWNA – After nearly a four-year investigation, Donahugh Frederick McWhirter was sentenced to five years…
Inmate pleads guilty to assaulting Okanagan Correctional Centre officer
PENTICTON – An inmate at Okanagan Correctional Centre will spend between 18 months and three…
Why courthouse security was beefed up for Matthew Foerster sentencing
VERNON – When Matthew Foerster was sentenced this week at the Vernon courthouse, there was…
New clinic in Vernon hopes to catch missed FASD diagnoses among adults, including inmates
VERNON – A new clinic in Vernon is filling a province-wide gap for adults struggling…
Jailed man with lengthy criminal record loses appeal to go to treatment centre
NORTH OKANAGAN – A man with a serious drug addiction who claims he is not…
Prison violence on the rise at KRCC and other jails prompts union to take action
KAMLOOPS – Violence in B.C. prisons has risen by nearly 40 per cent and the…
Sentence reduced due to errors in Vernon child sex assault case
CONTINUES TO SHOW NO GUILT OR REMORSE VERNON – A man convicted of raping his…
How B.C.’s fentanyl crisis is affecting the safety of prisoners, guards
NANAIMO SHERIFF TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER EXPOSURE TO DRUG THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – B.C.’s fentanyl crisis is…
Prison escapee arrested in Merritt after nearly one month on the run
MERRITT – A prison escapee from Saskatchewan has met his fate in Merritt after nearly…
Armstrong man gets four years jail for ten years of constant sexual abuse
"ABHORRENT ACTS PERFORMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN" KELOWNA – An Armstrong man who molested two…
Salmon Arm man sent to prison after daughter speaks up about sexual assaults
SALMON ARM – A Salmon Arm man was sentenced to seven years behind bars and…
Convicted Vernon drug smuggler still trying to smuggle drugs in prison: Warden
VERNON - A Vernon man currently serving time for running a massive drug trafficking operation has been denied a request to be moved into minimum security. Brock Palfrey was sentenced to almost 17 years in prison for trafficking cocaine and ecstasy. He and two co-conspirators, also from the Vernon area, were arrested with $200 million...
Why killer Neil Snelson could be home for Christmas
KELOWNA - Neil Snelson has once again been convicted of manslaughter in the death of a college student more than 20 years ago but be prepared: His next stay in prison will likely be short — if he goes back to prison at all. The decision by a Kamloops jury shortly before 10 p.m. June...
Hell’s Angel gives up on appeal
KELOWNA - Daniel McRae, one of the three Hells Angels associates convicted of beating to death a Kelowna father in front of his sons in 2011, is not going to appeal his sentence. According to the Vancouver Sun, the victim's son, Kody Phillips, told Justice Mark McEwan that the attack on his father lasted only seconds,...
Alleged gangster convicted for cache of guns released
KELOWNA – A man suspected of having ties to the Hells Angels who was convicted of almost a dozen weapons-related charges last year has been released from custody pending an appeal. Cory Joseph Montemurro, 45, was driving a rented Jeep Grand Cherokee Nov. 25, 2010 when police found him and three other men with an...